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Totoya Hokkei

Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko)

Description

Maker

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

Title

Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko)
Three birds
Sancho no uchi

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1820

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left and right. White oval label affixed to the back, bottom left with an inscribed number: 58; in a later hand, an inscription verso, bottom left:[Japanese Characters] [text and poems] Poem by Goantei Rakuzumi (Goantei "living in leisure") [of the Sairaikyo poetry circle] Poem by Sairaikyo [Mibutsu] [see Mirviss/Carpenter Frank Lloyd Wright, 299, for information about the poet]

Signature: Hokkei

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.391

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993

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Tombstone

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)
Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko); Three birds; Sancho no uchi, ca. 1820
Polychrome wood block print with embossing and metallic embellishments
Plate: 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.391

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